Tamara Steger

Associate Professor
Doctoral Program Director, Environmental Sciences and Policy
Academic Senate
Chair, Sustainability Advisory Committee
Member, CEU Doctoral Committee
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
706
Phone number: 
327-3000 ext. 2320
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Qualifications: 
Ph.D. (with distinction). (2004). Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Social Science Program, Syracuse, New York.
Master of Marine Studies. (August 1995). University of Washington, Oceanography and Fisheries Science College, Seattle, Washington.
Bachelor of Science (cum laude). (May 1992). State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York.
Academic/Professional Experience and Achievements: 

Research Interests:  Civic Action for Environmental and Social Justice

Affiliations: Director of the Doctoral Program, Co-founder Environmental and Social Justice Action Research Group (ACT JUST); Chair of the CEU Sustainability Advisory Committee

Theses and Dissertation Supervision:  Topics: Environmental Justice; Climate Justice Activism; Critical Mass; the Anti-Fracking Movement; Environmental Disourse and Media Analyses.

CV attachment: 
Academic/research topics: 
Civic Action for Environmental and Social Justice
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
English
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
French
Language proficiencies (spoken): 
Hungarian (not proficient)

Courses taught by Tamara Steger

Environmental Politics
2010/2011
2011/2012
Disciplinary Approaches to Environmental Problems
2010/2011
2011/2012
Environmental Politics 2009/2010
Academic Writing & Qualitative Research Methods 2009/2010
Conflict Management for Environmental Professionals 2009/2010
Qualitative Methods (for PhD Students)
2008/2009
2009/2010
PhD Seminar
2007/2008
2009/2010
Qualitative Methods for Doctoral Students
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
Introduction to Qualitative Methods
2003/2004
2004/2005
2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012

Publications

Book Chapter
Medarova-Bergstrom, Keti, T. Steger, and Adam Paulsen. "The Case of Environmental Policy Integration in Central and Eastern Europe." In Governance for the Environment: A Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policy Integration, 179-199. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010.
Steger, T.. "The Role of Culture and Nationalism in Latvian Environmentalism and the Implications for Environmental." In Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union. The MIT Press, 2009.
Antypas, A., S. Stec, and T. Steger. "Transition and Governance : The Case of Post-Communist States." In Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change : Perspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law, edited by G. Winter, 358-383. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Conference Paper
Steger, T.. "Environmental Activism around Lake Ohrid." In European Consortium for Political Research International Conference 2009. Potsdam, Germany, 2009.
Steger, T., Keti Medarova, and Adam Paulsen. "The Case of Environmental Policy Integration in Central and Eastern Europe." In Environmental Policy Integration and Governance (EPIGOV). EPIGOV Conference, Milan , Italy , 2008.
Conference Proceedings
Journal Article
Steger, T.. "Environmental Justice: Bursting Bubbles." Policy Journal of the Local Government and Public Sector Reform Initiative (2004).
Steger, T.. ""Dumping on the Poor." In Environmental Justice: Bursting Bubbles." Policy Journal of the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (2004).
Report
Making the Case for Environmental Justice in Central and Eastern Europe, Edited by T. Steger. Budapest and Brussels: Center for Environmental Policy and Law, Environmental Justice Program; Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), 2007.
Working Paper